‘The Librarians,’ an Australian sitcom, is available to watch on Hulu. The Hulu page has a brief introduction:
Frances O’Brien is the highly-strung Head Librarian of the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre, and is completely insensitive to the needs of her eclectic group of employees and the public in general.”
A glance at the comments on Hulu will let you know that it is a show you either love or hate. Check it out and let us know what you think of the show in the comments!
Introducing our new monthly update – Notable Dates for your Noggin! Each month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books. You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration!
November is Family Literacy Month!
Other things to celebrate in November. . .
Did we miss anything? Let us know if we did!
For our calendar of library events, including conferences and library days, check out our Events/Initiatives page.
And for more Notable Dates for Your Noggin, check out our Notable Dates page.
Save the date for Saturday, November 15th, 2014! In just a couple weeks, people all over the world will be celebrating International Games Day. The American Library Association (ALA) encourages libraries to take part in this event. International Games Day @ your library is run by volunteers and is a way “to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games.” It is free to participate, and after a library registers, they are in the running to receive donations. International Games Day (IGD) also offers a free press kit for libraries. For more information, check out the about section or the main site.
Applications are still being accepted for the Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award. According to the American Library Association (ALA):
The purpose of the Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award is to recognize, promote, and support excellence in humanities programming in elementary and middle school libraries that serve children K-8. To promote and encourage other school libraries interested in developing outstanding humanities programs, a professional development presentation will be made by a representative of the winning library. The focus of this presentation is to share the school’s program as a model for inspiration and adaptation by other library media programs.
A free webinar from 2014’s award recipient was held on October 8th. The webinar, called ‘The R.O.A.D. I Travel: A Program Model for School Libraries,’ highlighted how a middle school library in Indianapolis partnered with other organizations to create a genealogy unit for 8th grade students. The archived version of the webinar can be found here.
To find out more about the Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award, click here. Also on that page, you’ll find links to the ALA’s application selection criteria & guidelines as well as the application. And you don’t have to be an ALA member to apply!
Applications are due at 11:59 PM on Monday, December 15th, 2014.
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As bloggers try to come up with titles that will get you to click on their links, literary fans are doing the same. Sort of. Check out these classic books whose titles have been revamped to make them more “click-worthy.” (Can you guess this one?: ‘He Didn’t Want to Dance with Her When They First Met. Now He Really, Really Does.’)
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